The Came team expanded when Gianluca Pegoraro joined as technical director. We interviewed Gianluca on the topics of personal development, technical development and innovation, with particular attention to the goal of unifying and optimizing team processes.
What is your experience as a technical director?
In the early 2000s, I started managing the engineering department at an electromechanical company in Vicenza that manufactures power components for use in the electro-technical field. I founded the engineering department in another Italian company, where – after it was acquired by a Japanese corporation – I integrated the engineering departments of the group companies.
The expertise I developed helped me to dialogue and work in synergy with the teams of companies in the same sector, but with very different configurations.
Over the years, I have gained experience as a project manager in multinationals, where I managed multidisciplinary teams made up of top management members.
What responsibilities do you have as the technical director in Came?
At Came, I work to create a single engineering department by unifying management methodologies and pushing for synergy between the engineering teams (R&D, winding engineering department and die-casting engineering department).
After a year, we already have people working transversally across the three teams. We have developed some projects that involved R&D for design, the winding engineering department for the coding part and the die-casting engineering department for the mechanical part.
My job and responsibility also consists of keeping the team motivated and providing training to ensure that the entire team continuously improves.
What is the advantage of having a role to unify the Came teams?
Having a role to unify the teams offers four primary advantages:
– Being able to manage projects that involve the teams, thereby having a single internal/external interlocutor for the activities
– Faster project throughput as distances are shortened
– Knowing how to use the same procedures to manage processes in the engineering department
– Sharing information among teams and encouraging continuous training
What are the long-term innovation targets in Came?
Came is focusing a lot on customer services. Therefore, from a technical perspective, it is essential for our R&D to be up-to-date on technological development and changes in the regulatory framework.
As an engineering department, we want to be ahead of the trend to offer our customers innovative solutions with an eye on costs and savings.
With this in mind, we are working with universities and trade associations to be constantly informed and in a continuous dialogue.
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